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πŸ“… 2008 ⏱️ 124 min ⭐ 7.5/10 πŸ‘₯ 3,349 votes
🎭 Drama, Romance

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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Detailed Plot Summary

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Director

Stephen Daldry

Main Cast

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
David Kross
David Kross as Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin
Lena Olin as Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Jeanette Hain as Brigitte
Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung as Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth as Marthe
Volker Bruch
Volker Bruch as Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara as Young Ilana Mather
Fabian Busch
Fabian Busch as Hanna's Defense Council
Vijessna Ferkic
Vijessna Ferkic as Sophie
Susanne Lothar
Susanne Lothar as Carla Berg
Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich as Peter Berg
Burghart Klaußner
Burghart Klaußner as Judge

Writers

David Hare

Producers

Anthony Minghella, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack, Harvey Weinstein

Production Information

Release Date: December 10, 2008
Budget: $32.0 million
Box Office: $108.9 million
Runtime: 124 minutes
Original Language: EN
Production Companies: The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
Filming Locations: Germany, United States of America

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User Reviews & Ratings

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πŸ‘€ CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10
πŸ“… June 6, 2022

David Kross is really effective in this tale of a young boy ("Michael") who encounters "Hanna" (Kate Winslet) as he shelters in her doorway from a rainstorm. In fairly short order, this fifteen year old boy becomes her lover; in return she gets him to read to her. He is soon infatuated and devastated when he turns up at her apartment one day to find her gone. Skip on thirty years or so and he - now Ralph Fiennes - takes over a retrospective of her story as we discover she was tried for being a p...

πŸ‘€ badelf ⭐ 4/10
πŸ“… May 23, 2023

I didn't turn this movie off after the beautiful sex scenes only because two others were watching it with me. The mere fact that "Germans" were speaking English totally destroyed the whole "suspend disbelief" for me. This film is an awful rendition by Brits of an award-winning German book. Perhaps, only someone from the Nachgeborenen (to coin Bertolt Brecht's meaning of German post-Holocaust generations) should have made this film. The two stars are for Winslet and Kross. The rest sucks.

πŸ‘€ Alunauwie ⭐ 9/10
πŸ“… September 30, 2025

The Reader blends a controversial romance with post-war German guilt, presenting a layered, emotional story carried by powerful performances and thoughtful direction. Despite some logical gaps, the film succeeds in portraying personal and societal struggles through its characters' trauma and secrets. It’s a compelling watch for those drawn to slow-burning dramas with moral complexity.

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